By- Kushal Jeena
New Delhi:
The second National Summit on Leadership in Positivity was organized by Dr.
Dnyaneshwar Mulay, Personal Account of Member NHRC & former
Secretary- Ministry of External Affairs held on 18 th of November 2022 at Civil
Services Officers Institute, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
Addressing the summit titled ‘National Summit on Leadership Positivity’ Mrs.
Rani Patel, Founder President of Aarohan’, a non-governmental organization that
works for the welfare of the marginalized and transgender.
While addressing she appreciated and said “we have good policies in place but the
execution part is lacking because of unawareness. The impact of the pandemic on
the children has exacerbated the learning process and resulted in a number of
shocks to children, families as well as the entire education system. Families were
facing sustained financial pressure because of the loss of the jobs of bread earners.
Due to two years of the closure of the schools and without preparation opening of
the schools, the students has to face great learning losses and continue to fall
behind and the drop outs from the schools. The schools registered a steep increase
in vulnerability and school drop outs particularly among girls who are also at risk
for exploitation.
Shaping leadership is a continued process, in given conditions she appealed NHRC
policy makers and constitutional experts to look into the matter. She appealed to
establish a human chain involving the State HRCs, local stakeholders and the
students to spread awareness and execution of policies. This will not only motivate
the students to participate but help them to grow as leaders to attain equality in
practice.
She further added, “In India alone 247 million schools going children were
affected, out of which more than 3/4th of the students study in government schools,
most of them come from marginalized section.
She believes in “whatever we learn in our first 25 years of age, we use those
experiences in addressing the issues and challenges in our lifetime”.
Luminaries who participated in the seminar included former President of India- Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Padma Shree- Dr. Prakash Baba Amte, Magsaysay Award- Dr. Mandakini Amte
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha- Shri Harivansh, Chairman of NHRC- Hon’ble Justice Mr. Arun Kumar Mishra,
President of the Indian Council of Cultural Research- Prof. Vinay
Sahsarbuddhe, Former vice chairman of the Planning Commission and Sherpa G-20- Mr. Amitabh Kant Air Marshal- Ajit Shankarrao Bhonsle, Co-founder and CEO of GS Dallas Group- Sanjeev Khanna, Founder Association for Socio-political Reforms- Deependra Mishra, Director Yashoda Hospitals- Upasana Arora.
